A shattered Jack Howarth has admitted he is battling to not partly blame himself for Melbourne’s grand-final loss, after limping from the field in the first half.

Howarth felt his groin go making an early tackle on Brisbane’s Kotoni Staggs, while also suffering a biceps injury in the same contact.

The Storm centre had entered Sunday night’s decider carrying a groin niggle, with a meniscus tear in his knee causing problems in the groin and hamstring.

The 22-year-old was then forced to watch the final 65 minutes of Sunday’s defeat to Brisbane from the sideline, as the Broncos came over the top to win 26-22.

Howarth was at the centre of a controversial moment in the 2024 grand final when the bunker denied him a try that would have put the Storm ahead of Penrith.

But the centre said th

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